Magical not enough time to do everything

Essential! It was very informative and fun. Highly recommended.

Our guide, Alexis, was awesome. Very knowledgeable and kind. The tour started on time and it was very enjoyable. The guide was very charismatic, funny and made sure that we enjoyed our two hours with him. I would definitely recommend it! He also took personal time outside of the tour to give us recommendations about places to visit and eat.

Got there before dawn to dodge the queues

An easy train ride and got there about 8:20am before opening to dodge the queues. Really recommend going through the palace first before it gets insanely busy then walk around the gardens - if it is a fountain day schedule yourself to see both sessions as they are so spread out you will not have time to appreciate them in just one go.